But things didn’t break the other way. To field competitive teams, both leagues poached players from a third league playing baseball in 1890: the American Association. "You had three baseball ...

A baseball player named John Montgomery Ward made a similar ... of the day joined him in the creation of the Players League. In 1890, Ward was the finest shortstop in the game and a key reason ...

Have baseball players always used smokeless tobacco ... The chewing habit hit its high-water mark in 1890, when the average American gnawed through more than 3 pounds of tobacco.

El Paso can trace it’s baseball history back to the 1890s when the El Paso Browns were playing what many fans felt was the equivalent of Major League baseball. Leagues and schedules were sparse ...

Colorado Rockies’ baseball fans turn to a ... In the summer of 1890, the Times posted results for three leagues of eight teams each: the Western Association, the National League and the Players’ ...

Next month, the maestro of that Orioles team, manager Ned Hanlon, a cunning strategist whose clubs won five championships, will be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Five of his players await ...

The cover includes “Schedule of Players’ League 1890” at the top and “Smoke ... The league itself holds prescient baseball history: It was founded by players who sought to free themselves ...